Media Tires of Crediting Blogs for Scoops

Updated: Turns out that Captain Ed's scoop was already reported by the MSM (or at least the Conservitive News Service Network, which may or may not count), and no attribution to Captain Ed was provided.

The media was willing to credit Free Republic, Powerline, LGF, and Allah for the early scoops regarding the technical crudity of the forgeries, but now they just seem embarassed, and are reporting "news" without attribution that was actually first disclosed on blogs.

Drudge's screaming headline about Burkett comparing Bush to Hitler was of course first reported by the blogger Fried Man back in February, and re-reported and more widely disseminated in my own piece on Burkett's credibility.